GaN Systems seals distribution deal in Japan and Asia, including
Taiwan and China with leading electronics trading company Vitec

Vitec to deliver broadest range of Gallium Nitride power switching
devices on market to big brand consumer and enterprise customers

April 14, 2015 06:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GaN Systems Inc., a leading developer of gallium nitride power switching
semiconductors, today announced it has signed an agreement with Japanese
semiconductor and electronic component distributor, Value Integrated
Technology (Vitec). Vitec will distribute GaN Systems’ Island
Technology® high-power GaN devices to its customer base in Japan,
Taiwan, and China, including many well-known consumer brand and
enterprise equipment manufacturers.

Announcing the deal, Jim Witham, CEO, GaN Systems said: “We are
delighted to have signed Vitec as a distributor in Japan. Vitec has a
strong presence in the consumer and enterprise segments and has links
with major brand name manufacturers. Demand for our GaN power switching
transistors is growing very rapidly as manufacturers seek to design
smaller, lighter and more power-efficient products in order to gain
competitive edge. Multiple consumer and enterprise products designed
with our GaN devices will be launched starting in 2015, and we’re
excited that Vitec and GaN Systems will expand this reach substantially.”

Osamu Komaki, VP of Marketing for Vitec, comments: “We are fully
committed to our partnership with GaN Systems and we are very excited
about the growth of GaN E-HEMT power switch designs in consumer and
enterprise applications. Additionally, Vitec is expanding into
industrial and automotive markets and GaN Systems has a very strong
portfolio of higher-current GaN power switches for high-power
applications in these sectors. GaN Systems’ product portfolio also
complements Vitec’s existing businesses in solar inverter and
infrastructure power. Together, we will have very strong business growth
for next-generation high-efficiency power designs.”

Charles Bailley, GaN Systems’ Senior Director, Marketing and Sales, Asia
adds: “Vitec is a high-quality distributor and we are excited about this
partnership. Vitec’s core businesses and customers complement our
existing network in Asia and Vitec also has excellent potential to
expand across multiple market sectorss. Vitec conducts business with
great professionalism and has strong technical and FAE capabilities. GaN
Systems has many existing design wins with our GaN E-HEMTs, and we are
looking forward to accelerating this growth further with Vitec.”

GaN Systems is the first company to have developed and productised a
comprehensive portfolio of GaN E-HEMT power devices with current ratings
from 7A to 220A, in both 650V and 100V ranges. GaN Systems’ Island
Technology® die design, combined with the extremely low inductance and
thermal efficiency of GaNPX™ packaging and Drive Assist™
technology, provides its GaN E-HEMTs with 40x improvement in switching
and conduction performance over silicon MOSFETs and IGBTs.

Vitec Co. Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo (www.vitec.co.jp)
with major offices throughout Japan (Iwaki, Osaki, Nagoya, Osaka, and
Fukuoka), in addition to sales and FAE staff in Shanghai, Shenzhen,
Taipei, and Singapore. Additionally, Vitec has a strategically-located
logistics centre in Hong Kong.